Delay paying £190 car tax on EV until April 2026 (action needed before the end of March 2025)

[siteguru]

If you taxed in March '24 (like I did - it was previously taxed from 01-Nov-23 but I retaxed early in March '24) then you'll retax in March '25 at £0.

If your tax is due on or after 01-Apr-25 then you can also retax early* in March '25 and get £0 for the following 12 months. Yes you might be giving up some taxed period, but that taxation was £0 anyway so nothing lost.

If you don't try to retax early in March '25 then you'll 100% be liable for whatever is the taxation rate from 01-Apr-25 and thereafter.

Bottom line - all this method is doing is delaying when you become liable for the standard taxation rate.

* Unless the Gov close this loophole.

 

[Kithmo]

No need. Just tax it for a year in March same as everyone that set it up in March this year so that they could tax again in March next year for free

Done mine ?

 

[kc1966]

I live in France, No road tax ?

 

[Ian Key]

I live in France, No road tax ?

You've got to have one benefit of living there ?

 

[SMG]

Hi, in April 2025, EV cars switch from £0 per year car tax to £190. If your car is registered in March, you'll avoid paying it next year. But if registered in April, May or after, you just miss the cut-off and will pay £190 on renewal next year.

This method delays it for a year to March 2026. You pay £0 now, £0 in March 2025 then £190 in March 2026. The £190 payment starts on 1 April 2025.

I went to the "tax your car" government website, and re-taxed mine. You need the V5C registration document 11 digit code, I clicked on "I don't have a tax renewal letter" and agreed "I know I'm taxing it before I have to". But I re-taxed it early, in March instead of June, at a cost of £0.

It took a couple of days to update, but checking on my car's tax status, it has now switched renewal from 1 June 2024 to 1 March 2025, so therefore I avoid paying £190 for a year.

It took 5 mins, and I recommend doing it, there's no reason for everyone whose tax (currently £0) is due after April in 're-taxing' now for £0 and delaying the payment of £190 for a year. But it HAS to be done in March, ie now. The car tax web site warns you you will be paying twice by taxing early - but you just pay £0.00 twice!

I got this off an MG facebook group where they're all doing it, i tried it and it worked. You don't need to SORN the car for a day which some people thought.

Martin

Hi Martin,
Only just joined and your post looked like something really interesting. As we are now September 2024 can we do this re-registration for tax at any time before March 2025 and get 12 months from date of doing it for £0?

 

[Rolfe]

At the moment that still seems to be the case. Hopefully nobody will decide to close the loophole before March, because March is when it's most advantageous to do it.

 

[siteguru]

Hi Martin,
Only just joined and your post looked like something really interesting. As we are now September 2024 can we do this re-registration for tax at any time before March 2025 and get 12 months from date of doing it for £0?

Well not exactly at any time ... best to do it in March (?) 2025 so the tax is effective from 01-Mar-25. If you do it, say, in December 2024 then the tax will become effective from 01-Dec-24 and will become next due on 01-Dec-25. So to maximise the delay before having to actually pay £££ retax effective from 01-Mar-25.

 

[Archev]

Well not exactly at any time ... best to do it in March (?) 2025 so the tax is effective from 01-Mar-25. If you do it, say, in December 2024 then the tax will become effective from 01-Dec-24 and will become next due on 01-Dec-25. So to maximise the delay before having to actually pay £££ retax effective from 01-Mar-25.

Aye but you could tax it for £0 any time up to March 25 and then again from then again for £0 to cover you until March 26.
At least that’s my understanding?

 

[siteguru]

Agreed - but would be pretty pointless unless your tax is due between now and March 25.

 

[Gomev]

Hi Martin,
Only just joined and your post looked like something really interesting. As we are now September 2024 can we do this re-registration for tax at any time before March 2025 and get 12 months from date of doing it for £0?

Yes. (before April 2025)

 

[snb7x]

I did it the long winded way, sorned it then went round to the post office around the corner and retaxed it, as I didn't know you could retax/renew it when it was still taxed.

Does this “long route” work without objection from DVLA? I’ve a Macan EV due late Sept or Oct 24 and ideally want to get this done in March 25 to carry forward to March 26 - any thoughts guys?

 

[Tig170]

Does this “long route” work without objection from DVLA? I’ve a Macan EV due late Sept or Oct 24 and ideally want to get this done in March 25 to carry forward to March 26 - any thoughts guys?

.. as long as the loophole isn't closed between now and then, then it should still work.

 

[Gomev]

Does this “long route” work without objection from DVLA? I’ve a Macan EV due late Sept or Oct 24 and ideally want to get this done in March 25 to carry forward to March 26 - any thoughts guys?

Why bother with the long route. 2 mins max online?

 

[Ian Key]

If the rumours in the press are true we'll all be paying per mile before we benefit from taxing our EVs early.

 

[DaevM]

If the rumours in the press are true we'll all be paying per mile before we benefit from taxing our EVs early.

I always thought paying per mile should be absorbed by fuel cost. The more fuel you use, the more ( more) tax you pay. ( We'll talk about electric as a fuel later ?)

 

[TheRoadrunner]

VED letter has just arrived from DVLA and guess what, we’re all going to be paying road tax on our EV’s from next year. £190 minimum currently, more if you’ve paid a over £40k for you car!!!!

I thought they weren’t allowed to alter taxation on pre existing cars or am I just being naive???

??????

 

[Rolfe]

@TheRoadrunner, I'm just wondering where you've been for the past 18 months, and I've merged your post into the relevant thread.

There is also a thread about the "expensive car tax".

Car tax from 2025 and the Expensive Car threshold

Morning all, Given EVs becoming the norm (well ish... :D) its no wonder we will be paying car tax from 2025, but does anyone else think that the additional "expensive car" threshold of 40k is going to catch a few people unaware? Most EVs (bar the lovely MG) come in over 40k and by my reading...

www.mgevs.com

 

[BJH]

Hi, in April 2025, EV cars switch from £0 per year car tax to £190. If your car is registered in March, you'll avoid paying it next year. But if registered in April, May or after, you just miss the cut-off and will pay £190 on renewal next year.

This method delays it for a year to March 2026. You pay £0 now, £0 in March 2025 then £190 in March 2026. The £190 payment starts on 1 April 2025.

I went to the "tax your car" government website, and re-taxed mine. You need the V5C registration document 11 digit code, I clicked on "I don't have a tax renewal letter" and agreed "I know I'm taxing it before I have to". But I re-taxed it early, in March instead of June, at a cost of £0.

It took a couple of days to update, but checking on my car's tax status, it has now switched renewal from 1 June 2024 to 1 March 2025, so therefore I avoid paying £190 for a year.

It took 5 mins, and I recommend doing it, there's no reason for everyone whose tax (currently £0) is due after April in 're-taxing' now for £0 and delaying the payment of £190 for a year. But it HAS to be done in March, ie now. The car tax web site warns you you will be paying twice by taxing early - but you just pay £0.00 twice!

I got this off an MG facebook group where they're all doing it, i tried it and it worked. You don't need to SORN the car for a day which some people thought.

Martin

Will this trick work if you do it in March 2025?

 

[Rolfe]

As things stand, yes.

 

[TheRoadrunner]

@TheRoadrunner, I'm just wondering where you've been for the past 18 months, and I've merged your post into the relevant thread.

There is also a thread about the "expensive car tax".

Car tax from 2025 and the Expensive Car threshold

Morning all, Given EVs becoming the norm (well ish... :D) its no wonder we will be paying car tax from 2025, but does anyone else think that the additional "expensive car" threshold of 40k is going to catch a few people unaware? Most EVs (bar the lovely MG) come in over 40k and by my reading...

www.mgevs.com

Hi there, sorry for wrong thread. Waited almost 12 months for the car, love it and not needed to visit since to be fair. ???